A 35-year-old Oxford man was arrested at a Panda Express after failing to fulfill an agreement to provide information to local police.
Corey Andrew Covington was initially pulled over on the night of Oct. 21 after a Wildwood Police Department officer saw his blue Ford Focus exit a Wawa parking lot and turn directly into the wrong lane of travel, proceeding northbound in the southbound lanes of County Road 462. The officer initiated a traffic stop and noted that Covington appeared extremely dazed, confused, and slow to respond. A K9 unit alerted to the odor of narcotics in the vehicle, leading to a search. Officers discovered torch lighters, two unused syringes, and a modified straw containing a melted brown residue that later tested presumptive positive for fentanyl.
Instead of arresting him that night, officers temporarily held off on charging Covington because he expressed a willingness to provide “substantial assistance” to law enforcement regarding criminal activity in Wildwood and Sumter County. He was instructed not to drive, issued traffic warnings, and released from the scene…